... In spite of the unpleasant queries as to whether I should keep my Miss World title or not, after the Mecca contest, I would like to say how grateful I am for the publi city incurred. The newspaper stories certainly made clear that it was my agent Pat Larthe who had trained me and was handling my acting career. Since then exciting jobs have flowed in. I am delighted and thrilled at having ...

... Th i hope drug As t one-time active member of Ale holies Anonymous, I was inte ested in the letter of Alcoholic Ani nymous (15 Jan.). Anyone wht has had any experience o alc ...

... When I was in Majorca re cently I stayed in an hotel where a group of typical Eng lish ladies were staying. I noticed that they glanced at me and muttered among them selves. Then one lady plucked up courage, came across to me and asked: You are one of the train robbers, aren't you? I could not resist it, so told her that I was. She was highly de lighted Eric Yorke, The 3 Monarchs, The Cliffs ...

... I am a foreign visitor in London and have found that, wherever I go, I see hundreds of pigeons. All the ones I see are either flying or sitting on the shoulders of the tourists. These beautiful birds cannot live for ever, so where do they go to die? Is there a pigeon graveyard like there are ele phant ones? Suzy Mapwepwe, Ifield Road, W14 ...

... One night last week the BBC 12.30 am weather flash went like this: Sea area Lundy easterly gale now ceased. Westerly gale, force 8, imminent. I wonder what happens when these two gales meet. Or is it the same gale that's gone into reverse? Keith St John, Hampstead, NW3 ...

... The brothers Winters (6 Aug) may not have noticed it, but my fellow motorists are already attempting to build up the road fund to the tune of £17 10s each per annum. C Stevens, Ainsdale Close, Worthing. ...

... It's high time that somebody came out in support of John Lennon and his remarks to Maureen Cleave. Surely he has only had the courage to say something that everybody, including our clergy, has known for a long time? Millions of kids wait in pour ing rain for hours for a glimpse of the Beatles, but how many bother to walk the few hundred yards to their church on Sunday? Surely John Lennon, as a ...

... I was interested to read the feature on car numbers, as I have often tried to get various numbers for clients. Bob Monkhouse recently tried to obtain BOB 1, or failing this, 1 BOB, but found that both numbers were used by Mr Bob Charlesworth, a managing director from Birmingham. Mr Charlesworth refused to sell, not because of the money, but because he said they meant more to him than cash. I ...

... One of the current de ghts of chic swinging London the spate of exciting new res taurants, trattorias, bi ros, kebab houses etc, spri ging up. The English, one so indifferent to food, now eagerly pounce on and publicise them, so su -ess- fully that the prices so up and in no time you can et a table without booking! hen I find a good place I cer inly do not inform anyone. A; east I can still ...

... One morning recently, at about 9 o'clock, and having waited for nearly half an hour for a bus, I went up to an Inspector and asked him simply how often this parti cular route was supposed to run. Every eight to 10 minutes, came the gruff, dis interested reply. But I've waited half an hour now, I said, and I have to do so fre quently every morning. Yes, but you're waiting for the bus at a ...

... . Let's have an end to the biased opinion about the happy-faced, uncultured country bumpkin that is thought to be the only Australian who comes to Lon don. It's about time that someone who knows about Australia as it is today was asked to write on the subject. The other side of Australia (Sydney, for example, the largest city with an immense proportion of its population Greeks, Italians, ...

... I suggest that when Mr Hitch cock next lunches in a typical English restaurant, orders steak and kidney pudding and then expects the pastry to be bronzed and crisp, that he should select from the menu steak and kidney pie. There is no mystery in volved in ordering one dish and expecting to be served with another. Miranda F Baker. Lichfield Court, Surbiton, Surrey ...